Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-07-14
LEGIsLArE FOB MINERS.

There Is no employment WHICH 70
more hazardous than that of mining,
and the late disaster in the Gould q
Curry mine, on the Comstock, furnishes
a theme for the consideration of our law
makers when they again assemble. That
there should be more safeguards and
more protection thrown around the
laboring man is true, and more certain
is this in the a 9 Of miners, on account
of the dangers with which they are con-
fronted.
Inspectors OF mines should be ap-
pointed or elected, with authority to APP
point deputies in the different mining
districts where mines are being worked.
1t should be their imperative duty to in
spect all mines being worked with a
view solely to the ways and mean pro-
vided for the safety of those working
them. In addition thereto there should
be- . law requiring mining companies
and all those engaged in mining, having
men working under ground, to keep a
sufficient number of men employed un-
der ground IS policemen, watchnen and
detectives .(aot Pinkerton men by any
means) whose duty it should be to guard
against fires and other accidents which
seem to be of daily occurrence. 1t
should be compulsory upon mine
to provide more than n mode OF en-
trance and exit to and from the mines;
the quality Of machinery and mining ap-
pliance should also be regulated. 1t is
a matter which may require time to
reduce it TO practical safety for miners.
Il would be a saving of life and effect q
more substantial and systematic method
of mining.
This is no more difficulty in the matter
of mining to perfect a system OF safety
TO the miners than it is in other hazard
GUS occupations which by statute and
common law have been and is in many
countries regulated. 1t is no more diff
fcult to provide for inspectors OF mines.
with imperative duties, than it is to pro-
vide for inspectors of weights and meas
ures; and no more difficult to provide
for underground policemen than for the
loops on the sidewalks; and no more
to provide means of ingress and egress in
case of emergency than it is to require
such means in hotels, theaters and other
public buildings; and no more to pro-
vide for quality and kind Of machinery
than it is in the matter of providing
tests and inspection to be made OF boil.
ers and other machinery.
While there is a law providing for the
use of safety cages with bonnets, there
should also be an amendment to that
providing for the quality and kind OF
cables to be used, together with a'limita-
tion as to the number OF persons that
should be permitted to ride on a cage at
any one time. There should also be
legislation making it compulsory to pro-
vide an abundance of fresh air in mines;
the sanitary requirement underground,
is as easily regulated as it is in the
streets, alleys and backyards in towns
and cities. The innumerable accidents
of daily occurrence should be a sufficient
incentive to cause the adoption of suit.
able legislation to, in ONE manner, put
a stop to them; the same as the law
making murder punishable by death
serves to prevent many cold.blooded
assassins from taking away life. Were
it possible to compel Messrs. Mackay,
Fair, Flood, Hobart, Jones, Sharon, Jr.,
and other wealthy mine owners and mine
operators to enter their mines with scull
cap and dinner bucket and perform labor
as do the men in their employ; no legis.
lation would be necessary, for these men,
ever mindful of their own preservation,
would have such system of safety pro-
vided as to make it almost impossible for
them to be injured. The matter of con-
venience and safety to them would be
uppermost, and that would be provided
in the same AMI as they now provide
Mob Hill mansions, palace cars, etc., for
their present comfort, convenience and
-Esmeralda News.
The Paris Figaro says that Crown
Prince Frederick William of Germany
recently visited the Comte de Paris to